HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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What was one way that James Watt’s steam technology contributed to the Industrial Revolution?
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The water frame used steam to improve the speed of spinning thread.
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Steam engines improved the shipping of goods and raw materials.
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Steam engines helped miners gather more coal to help power factory machines.
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Steam engines powered the flying shuttle, helping weavers make cloth faster.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -James Watt (1736-1819) Famous for: Inventing the Watt steam engine, which converted steam back to water. Developing a rotary engine which mechanised weaving, spinning and transport.
Detailed explanation-2: -The steam engine resulted in the creation of semi-automated factories, and it increased goods production in places where water power was not available. In the 1800s, once coal-fired steam engines had been adapted for use with railways and ships, the international trade of goods and resources expanded tremendously.
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